Mineral Collection (page 3)

Striated Hills

France - Bagnoles-de-LOrne - Grand Hotel and the Lake - view taken near to the Casino. This commune is famous for its hydrotherapic baths

Interior of the New Turkish Bath at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, USA. A health resort since the 1750s - Americas first spa! Date: circa 1930

Plate 51 from Mineralogie
Or natif en dendriet sur du quartz de Mr. Forster. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.6 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz (silicon dioxide) and is a popular gemstone

Plate 16d from Specimens of British minerals? vol. 2 (1802) b
A painting by Mrs J. Gould from Specimens of British minerals, selected from the cabinet of P. Rashleigh, of Menabilly, in the County of Cornwall vol. 2 (1802) by Philip Rashleigh

MINERAL LODES
Three sections of mineral lodes or veins) in Spain

Alum Mine at Hurlet near Glasgow 1843
Interior of an underground alum mine at Hurlet near Glasgow. The miners, with candles attached to their helmets, dig into the rocks and cart away the mineral in wheelbarrows

Liverpool Coronation Procession - June, 1953
Crowds pack the streets to watch the Liverpool Coronation Procession to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - June

Borjomi - hydrothermal health spa resort - Georgia
Borjomi - a hydrothermal health spa resort in the southern region of Samskhe-Javakheti in Georgia with an international reputation for its geothermal spring mineral water resources

Evian-les-Bains - Switzerland
Evian-les-Bains or Evian - a commune in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region in south-eastern France. In 1823, Genevan entrepreneur M

Thermal Spa Baths at Dax, France - the Mineral Mud Bath
The Thermal Spa Baths at Dax, France - entering the Mineral Mud Bath. Date: circa 1920s

Source of the Sauveniere spring at Spa, Belgium. Date: circa 1906

Abano Terme, Italy - The Roma Hydro (" Thermal Establishment" ). Abano Terme is a spa town and commune in the province of Padua, in the Veneto region, Italy

Chalybeate Spring, The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells
Children taking the water at the Chalybeate Spring, The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells. Date: circa 1909

French Advertising Postcard - Mineral Water Gas Soda Stream
French Advertising Postcard - Bowing down in reverence at the shrine of a Mineral Water Gas Soda Stream / Siphon. Date: circa 1930s

Bottle store, Mineral Water Factory, Paignton, Devon
Bottle store in the Mineral Water Factory of Herbert Dawe Ltd, Paignton, Devon. Date: 1960s

Mineraux - minerals
A variety of minerals including amethyst quartz, fluorine, agate and beryl. Date: 1930

Circular Shower at The Thermal Baths, Aix-les-bains, France
A partially-clad young lady enjoys the all-round cleaning ability of the Circular Shower at The Thermal Baths, Aix-les-bains, a thermal spa town on Lake Bourget, Savoy, France. Date: circa 1910s

Metals including molybdenite, arsenic, orpiment, etc.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Minerals and crystals including kyanite, asbestos and andalusite.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich

Precious stones including diamond, ruby, sapphire, and emerald.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich

Garnet-bearing rock, collected at Karin Hill, Neilgherries, India by Dr Benza c.1837. NHM specimen number: BM 867

Hornblende-biotite granite
Geological specimen collected by Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition. It had a broad scientific programme and collected thousands of geological

Topaz
This 2982-carat topaz is the largest cut gem at the museum

Rhodochrosite which means rose-coloured comprises of (manganese carbonate). This specimen originates South Africa

Corundum variety ruby; crystal and gems
Crystal and gem specimens of ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). Corundum has two varieties, the other being sapphire

Nephrite jade
A specimen of nephrite jade from New Zealand. Nephrite is actually not a mineral outright, but is a variety of the mineral actinolite (calcium magnesium iron silicate hydroxide)

Schist
A garnet schist from Moidart, Scotland. This specimen is a medium-grained metamorphic rock

The Hot Stream at the Shibaseki Hot Spring, Beppu, Japan
The Hot Stream at the Shibaseki Hot Spring (Onsen), Beppu, Oita, Japan. The volume of water discharged at Beppu is second only to that of the Yellowstone National Park

Vichy, France - one of the springs called La Grande Grille, which produced 3000 litres and hour at a temperature of 41 degrees. circa 1920

Quartz crystal - Collected by Matthew Flinders & Ferdinand Bauer, 16 February 1803, from Australia, Melville Bay. Coll. No. BM 75819 Date: 1803

Salt Water dispenser - Frantiskovy Lazne Spa, Czech Republic
Salt Water dispenser (fountain) at the Frantiskovy Lazne (German: Franzensbad) - a town in Cheb District of Karlovy Vary Region in the western Bohemia (Czech Republic), near the town of Cheb

Advertisement for Perrier mineral water. Date: circa 1930s

Mining. Drilling with a jackhammer. Diorama. Deutsches Muse
History. Mining. Drilling with a jackhammer. Diorama. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology). Munich. Germany

Diorama. Extraction of salt. Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland
Mining history. Diorama. Extraction of salt. Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland. In use since the 18th century. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany

Section of an underground mine. Model of a team in the second half of the nineteenth century. Scale 1:25. Manufactured in 1906. By R. Brown. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology)

France. Women working inside of a coal mine. Drawing color
France. Women working inside of a coal mine. The moulineuses.Drawing color. 19th century

Georgius Agricola (1494-1555). German scientist. Known as the father of mineralogy. Engraving belonging to his work De Re Metallica. Basel 1564. Colored

Stockton Mineral Baths, Stockton, California, USA
Stockton Mineral Baths, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, USA. Date: circa 1920

Octahedral crystals in columns, quartz matrix
Groups of octahedral crystals forming columns in parallel position in quartz matrix. Presented by Percy Tarbutt in 1942 Date: 1942

Moon rock fragment from the last Apollo space mission, Apollo 17, encased in perspex on a wooden plaque. The thumbnail-size rock is around 3.7 billion years old

Basking shark
Hand-drawn graphite and watercolour wash depicting side view of head of Basking shark transported from Brighton to London. 10th Dec 1812. Date: 1812

Emiliania huxleyi coccolithophores collected from a bloom in the SW Approaches to the English Channel in June 2004. Date: 2004

Fossils of diatoms, foraminifera, ferns and mollusks.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Fr. Rolles Geology and Paleontology section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Extinct crinoids, ammonites and squid.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Fr. Rolles Geology and Paleontology section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Metals including sulfur-nickel, nickeline, chloanthite, etc.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Precious stones including agate, onyx, opal and sardonyx.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

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